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Amos 7

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Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, behold, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest , as the late spring crop was coming up .
It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, " Lord Yahweh , forgive , I beg you ! How could Jacob stand? For he is small ."
And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “ Lord GOD , please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small ?”
Yahweh relented concerning this. " It shall not be , " says Yahweh .
So the LORD relented from this plan . “ It will not happen , ” He said .
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and, behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire ; and it dried up the great deep , and would have devoured the land.
This is what the Lord GOD showed me : The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire . It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
Then I said, " Lord Yahweh , stop , I beg you ! How could Jacob stand? For he is small ."
Then I said, “ Lord GOD , please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small ?”
Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be , " says the Lord Yahweh .
So the LORD relented from this plan . “It will not happen either , ” said the Lord GOD .
Thus he showed me and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line , with a plumb line in his hand.
This is what He showed me : Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
Yahweh said to me, " Amos, what do you see? " I said, " A plumb line. " Then the Lord said , "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel . I will not again pass by them any more.
“ Amos, what do you see? ” asked the LORD. “ A plumb line ,” I replied . “Behold,” said the Lord, “ I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel ; I will no longer spare them :
The high places of Isaac will be desolate , the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. "
The high places of Isaac will be deserted , and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword. ”
Then Amaziah the priest of Beth El sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, " Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words .
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “ Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words ,
For Amos says, ' Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land . '"
for this is what Amos has said: ‘ Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland . ’”
Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah , and there eat bread , and prophesy there :
And Amaziah said to Amos, “ Go away , you seer! Flee to the land of Judah ; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there .
but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel ; for it is the king's sanctuary , and it is a royal house!"
But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
Then Amos answered Amaziah, " I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman , and a farmer of sycamore trees ;
“ I was not a prophet, ” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet ; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore -fig trees .
and Yahweh took me from following the flock , and Yahweh said to me, ' Go, prophesy to my people Israel. '
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘ Go, prophesy to My people Israel. ’
Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: ' You say , Don't prophesy against Israel , and don't preach against the house of Isaac. '
Now , therefore , hear the word of the LORD. You say : ‘Do not prophesy against Israel ; do not preach against the house of Isaac. ’
Therefore thus says Yahweh : ' Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword , and your land shall be divided by line ; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land . '"
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘ Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword . Your land will be divided by a measuring line , and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland . ’”

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